If you've ever watched 'Deal or No Deal', you've likely wondered how the 'banker' determines his offers.

My guess going into this is that both teams score around 30, a field goal is the most common separation, and it's some combination of 7 and 3. Taking a guess then, I think 27 - 24 is going to be most common.

Austin has grown a lot lately...

Simple question...where does each play start in the NFL?

Some trends might appear baffling but have really simple explanations. Here's my guess on two that we might see. They are both examples of sampling bias.

This is an enormous topic, so I'll just focus on investments, cover some basics here, and provide simple examples. A major reason that the tax rates are so low for rich people is that investments are often taxed lower than normal income and rich people make a lot of money from their investments.

Aging is brutal. It is particularly bad for top athletes. I wanted to see at what age NFL players peak.

I wanted a really simple example explaining this for my wife so I'm going ahead and posting it here.

Here's a tool that I wanted for comparing NFL RB careers. Click on the checkbox next to any running back to add their data to the plots, and choose what's being plotted using the dropdown.

In 2019, Jameis Winston threw 30 interceptions. That seems extremely high for a modern starting quarterback, so I wanted to see if it was the largest outlier ever.

I noticed recently that Amazon removed the ability to turn off 1-click purchasing of apps...

I was curious how the initial COVID-19 spike affected death rates, so here you go: